substances used for preparing homoeopathic medicines There is a misconception that homoeopathic medicines are only prepared from plants. Homoeopathic medicines are diverse , they are prepared from different substances. Sources of homeopathic medicines are from plants Animals Minerals Nosodes Sarcodes Imponderabelia Synthetic In plants whole plant is used for preparing medicine. It depends on the plant what part of the plnant is used. Sometimes only specific part of the plant is used like leaves stems fruits etc. in some some whole plant is used. For few plant parts dried before using. In some juice is extracted from the plants. Animals In animals different parts of the animals is used as medicine for example venom of snakes, shells of oyesters, milk of mammals and so on... Minerals Most of the elements in periodic table are medicines in homoeopathy. Like carb...
Why Homeopaths doesn't recommend external applications External applications are not recommend in the homeopathic prescription on account of many reasons. Before we get into the details let's know what do I mean by external applications. External applications can be anything from simple moisturizer to any steroid ointments. External application is only recommended when there is any mechanical injury. At this point you can use external application, but the medicine which is taken internally should be applied externally. External applications in diseases like psoriasis, eczema , ringworm or any other disease which has come from inside should always be treated with internal medication. Because when you apply ointment or lotion to the rashes they disappear for some days but the disease is still inside your body. When apply ointment the rashes disappear from that point and appear in the other region but you never really got cured from the disease. This is something common everyon...